Barrel-sling.



D. W. BUCK.

BARREL SLING.

APPLICATION FILED'OCLQ. I914.

Patented July 6, 1915.

- TED s rA'rs .DAVID w. BUCK, or RHODES, Iowa.

BARR L-strive.

Specification of Letters fatent.

Application filed October 9, 1914. Serial in. 365,909.

positively held in a suspended position to more easily effect the tilting thereof. And to this end the invention consists of a frame having a companion pair of yoke members pivotally arranged therein, and adapted to embrace around the circumference of the receptacle, one of the yoke members including a pair of flexible elements arranged in spaced relation and capable of independent adjustment of each other.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the barrel rack complete. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the campanion members removed from the frame. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the companion member showing the same detached from themember shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cleat employed for holding the companion yoke members shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in operative position.

Referring to the drawings, numeral 1 designates a frame which is composed-of a base 2, and vertical standards 3 which have their lower ends secured to the base and suitably braced as at 4, so as to provide a more rigid structure, the inner faces of the standards being provided at their upper ends with opposed vertical grooves terminating at their lower ends in enlarged mouths 5;

Positioned within the'standards 3 is a yoke member 7, which is formed of a strip I of metal and has its opposite ends terminating in trunnions 8 and 9 adaptedto be received and journaled in the enlarged mouths 5 in the standards 3. Associated with the yoke 7 is a companion yoke member 10 formed of a rod of flexible metal bent upon itself as at 11 and looped around man-aw 6.11915.

the trunnion 8 of the yoke member 7, and a providing a pair'of gripping members'l2 and13 wh1ch, as shown, are curved 1n a reverse dlrectlon to the curvature of the yoke member 7 and completes therewith a circular band adapted to embrace around a cylin'drical'receptacle as shown in Figs. '1

and 2 so as to hold the receptacle insuspended position and permit the same to be tilted on the trunnion 8 when it is desired to empty the contents of the receptacle.

The free ends of the members 12 andv 13 are threaded as shown at 14 and, 15, and when the companion yoke members are associated, thesaid free ends of the members 12 and 13 are adapted to straddle theupper and lower justed against the sides of the cleat, the said cleat 18 being adapted to engageagainst,

the adjacent trunnion '9 of the yoke member 7 and to retain the members 11 and '12 in semi-circular formation. 7 I

By virtue of the flexibility of the members 1-1 and 12 and the manner of securing their free ends to the adjacent trunnion9,

it will be seen that each member mayreceive adjustment independently of the other, thereby permitting the members to be adjusted to the same degree to accommodate a receptacle of a uniform. diameter throughout its. length or to be adjusted to difierent degrees to accommodate receptacles having a tapering body. In either case, it will be seen that the outersurface of l the receptacle will be gripped at spaced points and positively held from slipping.

W hat I claim as new is:

1. In a barrel rack, a supporting frame, a

yoke pivotally mounted in, the said frame, and embracing the barrel through a part of its circumference, and relatively flexible elements arranged in spaced relation and supported on the yoke and embracing the bar.

rel through the remaining part of its circumference as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a barrel rack, a supporting frame, a

yoke pivotally mounted in the said frame, and embracing the barrel through a part of its circumference, and relatively flexible elements arranged in spacedrelation and sup-. ported on the yoke, andembracing the bar rel through-the remaining part of its circumference, and means for holding the said elements against relative lateral movement When in operative position. i

3. In a barrel rack, a supporting frame, a yoke pivotally mounted in the said frame, and embracing the barrel through part of its circumference, and relatively flexible elements arranged in spaced relation and sup ported on the yoke and embracing the barrel through the remaining part of its circumference, and adjustable independently if each other as and for the purpose speci- .4. In a barrel rack, a supporting frame, a

, DAVID Witnesses:

Gno. BLINK,

A. J. HAAs.

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